HIV Story Project

The HIV Project

Wednesday June 16th is the Opening night for The HIV Story Project, produced by one of my instructors and great mentor Marc Smolowitz.

The HIV Story Project is

“A short film compilation & new media content experiment that brings together S.F. Bay Area Filmmakers working with people living with HIV/AIDS to create a panorama of stores that shed light on the the world’s most substantial health pandemic.”

—HIVStoryProject.org

Our very own Dana Shaw was also given the honor of being a part of this project.   So come and check out this great event to support not only local filmmakers, but to support a great cause.

The event will be hosted at Under One Roof
518A Castro Street
San Francisco, CA 94114

Opening night will run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  If you can’t catch it on Wednesday, don’t worry!  The exhibit will be open to the public til June 30th.

If you want to find out more information on the event, or ways to contribute visit:

TheHIVStoryProject.org
Twitter.com/HIVStory Project
UnderOneRoof.org

Decomposing Wayne

The Cast and Crew for ‘Decomposing Wayne’

Hey there blog world!   So what i’m writing about is something a little different.  It’s not necessarily an event that happened in San Francisco, but more so an event that I experienced.  This past weekend myself, and the crew for a short film I’ve been producing trekked out to Southern California to film.  The short film directed by Matt West, is the meeting of old friends, the twist is that one is turning into a zombie.

Zach Hensler as Wayne

It was such an amazing weekend!  Our location was one of the best locations I’ve ever shot at.  It was an abandoned water park called Rockahoola off of the 15N towards Las Vegas.  The park looked as if it was running one day and just abandoned.  It was the ruins of a 50s themed water park.  The best part about it was that it felt like it was abandoned specifically for the film.

Matthew Rome Director of Photography and John Steen as Andrew Mueller

It was an intense 2 days of shooting in the desert.  It just made me appreciate all the people I work and go to school with.  It was shot on a 7d, by Matt Rome, with the talented Nico Van den Berg by his side as 1st AC.  The footage looks great.  Even the pain of the cold and extreme winds worked for our favor.

I’m so proud the work that we have been producing, not only with this project (Decomposing Wayne), but with most of the projects I’ve been a part of.  I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to work with.

There is one more shoot for Decomposing Wayne before we wrap it up and start post production on this project.  The film is expected to be out within the next couple of months.

Spaz if you want to

On Saturday May 8th was a night of free music and drinks, thanks to social networking media!

Through Twitter, I found out about a FREE N.E.R.D. & ASHER ROTH show happening, the night of the at an undisclosed location.  My friends and I anxiously waited around for Tweets.  We finally got instructed to send an e-mail requesting information for the show, from then we would get an e-mail informing us of the venue that the show would take place.  Already we were drawn into this event, we felt like secret agents waiting for our super secret confidential instructions from the man.  Finally we recieved the location,  no it wasn’t Slim’s or Bottom of the Hill, in fact it wasn’t even a traditional Music Venue.

It was…

The European Collision Center off of 12th and Howard in San Francisco, CA

The event was promoted by Kin, a new phone made by Verizon dedicated to Social Networking!   Right when I got into the line to get in, I was immediately exposed to this new phone.  There were promoters moving through the line showing off this new innovative phone, and even taking pictures of everybody in line.   If you were there, all the pictures are posted on Kin’s Facebook.

There was hardly any downtime for people to even get a chance to get bored.  There was always a DJ playing if there wasn’t a performer on stage.  The first performer was Asher Roth.  Soon after was N.E.R.D.

Even after all the performers were done, the DJ continued to play, and everybody just danced the night away!  All in all it was an amazing night, I mean FREE DRINKS, FREE MUSIC, FREE SHOW, FREE SWAG, what else can you ask for?

Kin is definitely doing it right.   Make sure you add them on facebook or twitter,  there’ constantly having free secret shows!

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/KIN

Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/KIN

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/KIN

Official Site
http://www.KIN.com

Hello!

Well Hello fellow Bloguys and Bloguettes!

This is the first ever post from the writers of BLOGERANDI.  We are a blog dedicated to exposing viewers of fun and interesting subjects in art, entertainment, and new media.   How are we doing this you ask?  Let me tell you,  there are four of us behind this crew, with each one of us tackling a different topic:

Dana: Film and Video Innovations, creative short films, motion graphics, 3d animation, etc.

Stephanie: New Software and technology

Aquavis: Tips for cheap filmmaking and D.I.Y.

I (Jaena): Events and Reviews including: art shows, films, and live events that are special and fun.

You can find out more about us on the About The Authors page.

We strive to support creative endeavors within artists of every realm by sharing content, and directing viewers to sites that are interesting and beneficial.  So check back regularly from updates from our four authors!